Unbelievable

Transitioning to another league is a funny thing like. Based on how they did in the Eredivisie you wouldn't necessarily say Wijnaldum was a better player than the De Jong brothers. His phyiscal attributes make him more suitable for the league perhaps, but they are all about the same level really. Here's hoping Gini keeps it up and Siem finds his feet as well.

We tried to keep it tight for the first 20 minutes of the second half and could easily have ended up regretting it

No idea what the plan was for the first 15-20 minutes of the second half, but after Norwich decided to turn down the invitation to get back into the game with minimal effort we found another gear or two and smashed them to bits. We look made for counter attacking football though, not the possession style that McClaren fancies himself playing.

Majestic today. Love how he just kept on going even after his hattrick

Wow

Nice game between two teams who can't defend to save their life

GINI

We're pretty good at counter attacking like

YES!!!

Just 30 minutes + ET to hold on to our lead

How fucking deep are we sitting FFS?

Under the cosh a bit here

Phew

Great cross, good header. Get in!

2-2 after being 2-0 up at half time. Colback suspended for Sunlun and Colo sent off for deliberate hand ball in extra time.

Shittest homage to groundhog day ever.

It doesn't even bear thinking about what he'll come out with in the Sunlun pre game presser if we lose tomorrow. God, I hope we don't get to witness it.

I do. They actually have a track record for turning up in the second half of the season.

Borini must be thick as fuck to do that just after receiving a yellow

I've never quite understood the 6 yard box rule relating to keeper protection, but do Sunlun have a case for that to be a foul on Pantillimon?

McClaren won FC Twente their first and only Eredivisie title yet my brother in law who is a massive fan couldn't muster more then a "Meh" when I said he was going to manage us. Tells you everything you need to know about his reputation with their fans. The brand of football was absolutely horrific from what he's told me, especially in his second stint. He's done extremely well to rebuild his reputation after the England disaster as some sort of progressive mastermind.

I said we would possibly end up hating him more than Pardew if he got 4 years in the job. Seems like he's well on course after just 3 months in. Those Krul is worth 20 points, big party at 40 in mid-April and extended pre-season comments are absolutely catastrophically Pardew-esque. It's genuinely amazing how this club is being destroyed from the inside out.

The Chron article on the previous page.

Bring it on baby! Love major tournament summers me, and I can't see us being as bad as we were last time around.